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ever, about the pupa, is its clothing of long hairs, about O^mm. to 

 0-7mm. in length, finely spiculated, about thirteen on each side of an 

 abdominal segment down to the spiracle. The length of the pupa is 

 8mm. ; the ventral line straight; the dorsal rising to 2-5mm. on the 

 mesothorax and 3*0mm. over abdomen (at the 3rd abdominal seg- 

 ment), at 2-5mm. and 4-5mm. from the front respectively ; the width, 

 at the thorax 2-2mm., at the 3rd abdominal segment 2*6mm. The 

 hairs on the prothorax form a sort of curtain over the head ; on the 

 mesothorax there is a dorsal set and two small groups below, almost 

 as of warts ; along the abdomen and round the posterior extremity, 

 the hairs spread down to the surface of attachment like a curtain. 

 Examined in detail, the most striking peculiarity is still the length of 

 the hairs (rather than their number), in which this species agrees with 

 its ally, Ciipido minimus, and with no other Lycaenid pupa examined 

 so far. Perhaps the next most striking feature, in which it agrees with 

 many other Lycaenid pupae, is the sprinkling of dark spots all over it, and 

 the greater darkness, in these, of the ribs of the fine network, so that 

 in them it is very distinct, but, elsewhere, almost requires looking for. 

 These black dots are very uniform in size and very equally distributed, 

 being seldom smaller than O05mm. or larger than 0075mm. in size, 

 and are not, as a rule, run together into lines or blotches ; there are a 

 few larger black markings. The hairs are also very uniform, being 

 from about 0-5mm. to 0'75mm. long, slender, and, except close to the 

 base, armed throughout with fine spicules. The head, with face- 

 piece, l*6mm. long, is narrow between the antennae (0.5mm.), but 

 l'6mm. wide ventrally, against the appendages, and forms, indeed, a 

 triangle with the angles truncated and the margins hollowed. The 

 labrum is a sharp triangular flap about 0-25mm. across the base, but 

 with an extension backwards, so as to form a square, and with lateral 

 lines going straight backwards. What these quasi-sutures represent 

 as a basal segment of the labrum, is obscure. The mandibles nearly 

 meet in the middle line for a distance below the apex of the labrum of 

 about 0-22mm., but are not marked off by any basal suture ; between 

 them is a space, possibly the labium. The maxillae are not, however, 

 separated, and the apex of this labium, if it be so, passes beneath them. 

 Tne glazed-eye is a smooth arch, about 0*7mm. long and about O-lmm. 

 wide, and presenting no distinct structure ; the rough area within it is 

 wrinkled like the rest of the surface, has two black spots and one hair. 

 The face is less spotted than the rest of the surface, the vertex is about 

 normal, and has about 25 spots, 14 hairs, and some half-dozen lenticles 

 near its centre. The maxillae are about 3mm. long to where they dis- 

 appear beneath the antennae ; together they are about 0'4mm. across at 

 the base, rapidly narrowing to 0-25mm.; they are spotted, but very 

 faintly sculptured. The antennae, 6'6mm. long, pass down to the end 

 of the wings and are weakly sculptured. The first legs, barely 2mm. 

 long, are wide against the face and eyepiece (0-5mm.), and narrow 

 rapidly to a point ; they are against the antennae for about 0-4mm. 

 The second legs are just over 2mm. long, pointed at both ends and, 

 being lower at top, extend lower than the first legs into the angle 

 between the maxillae and antennae. Three lenticles are found on one 

 of the first legs, five on the opposite (at tibio-tarsal articulation ?) ; on 

 the second legs, none on one side, one on the other. The surface- 

 sculpture is evident in spots, hardly to be detected elsewhere. The 



